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Continue reading →: Dorothy’s Boy by M.K. Bengtson (2009) – Books by Transfemmes You Should Read #1Dorothy’s Boy (2009) by M.K. Bengtson is a psycho-sexual examination of trans childhood and religious repression – but a closer analysis and an excellent sequel adds more depth and nuance than meets the eye.
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Continue reading →: How I Discover Transfeminine Fiction (CW #4)A down and dirty guide to my research methods for underground transfeminine fiction and the expectations you should have about the results they’ll produce.
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Continue reading →: The Moral Origins of Obscenity: A Brief History of Transfeminine Literature, Pt. 1Where did anti-trans discrimination in publishing begin? Our unlikely search takes us back to William Wilberforce, the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and the American Revolution.
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Continue reading →: How to Find Books by Transfeminine Authors at Barnes and Noble (CW #3)Struggling to find trans authors at Barnes and Noble? Here’s a few useful tips about what you can (and can’t) find in America’s biggest bookstore chain.
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Continue reading →: Bookshelf Tour! (CW #2)Let me take you through the wonderful world of my bookshelves :)))
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Continue reading →: How ‘Trans as Method’ Literary Criticism Fails Trans AuthorsTrans voices about cis literature are important. But when trans authors and cis authors are held as equal producers of ‘trans literature’ as a genre, what happens to the way we talk about trans books?
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Continue reading →: Kicking Things Off (CW #1)TRANSFEMME AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS – we’ve got some important information about how to send us review copies, information about upcoming releases, and our submission guidelines. Everyone else, send us your favorite transfemme books!
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Continue reading →: The Problem with Contemporary Transfeminine Literary CriticismHave you ever wondered why it’s so hard to find books by trans women? So have we.
For the love of transfeminine literature.
Since the founding of Topside Press and the subsequent publication of Nevada by Imogen Binnie in 2013, transfeminine fiction has emerged into the international literary consciousness like never before. Novels by trans women have found unprecedented success through a slew of publishing deals, literary awards, and mainstream attention. However, the history of trans literature began many decades before 2013, and very little scholarship has engaged with this history, its unique genres and long development, or the works and authors who have toiled largely in obscurity to gain equal access to the press.
This blog aims to document the history of transfeminine literature, highlighting lesser known fiction by transfeminine writers and offering some broader thoughts on the general state and trajectory for trans writers both within and without the publishing industry.
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